Our origins and mission
Our mission is to improve the learning of every child and young person by helping leaders access and use the best evidence to guide their national policies and plans.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Education.org grew from start-up to trusted government partner, advising on school reopening through global analyses. Our founding co-investors at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Dubai Cares, Echidna Giving, Porticus, USAID, and the Jacobs, Oak, and Rockdale Foundations, share a commitment to equity in education.
Our founder and CEO, Dr. Randa Grob-Zakhary, began her career in medicine, where acting on the best evidence is critical at the frontlines of treatment. As a neuroscientist and surgeon, she saw a gap in education—where knowledge doesn’t reach those who need it—and founded Education.org to bridge this "knowing-doing gap" and help every child reach their potential.
A world where the education of all children and young people is transformed by the best evidence.
To improve the learning of every child and young person by helping leaders access and use the best evidence to guide their national policies and plans.
Our strategic goals
Goal 1
Establish an evidence synthesis gold standard for education system leaders
Education.org will pioneer and promote a new method of evidence synthesis specifically for leaders shaping decisions about education systems around the world; and provide syntheses and policy papers addressing the most important issues they face.
Goal 2
Catalyse a transformation in the way education leaders work with evidence
Education.org will catalyse a transformation in the way education sector leaders, starting in Africa, work with evidence, by increasing their commitment and capacity to put evidence at the centre of system-level decision making.
Goal 3
Lead a global movement to build an education knowledge bridge
Education.org will lead a global movement committed to building an Education Knowledge Bridge, by forging a network of individuals and partnering with organisations who share its commitment to evidence-informed policymaking.
Goal 1
Establish an evidence synthesis gold standard for education system leaders
Goal 2
Catalyse a transformation in the way education leaders work with evidence
Education.org will pioneer and promote a new method of evidence synthesis specifically for leaders shaping decisions about education systems around the world; and provide syntheses and policy papers addressing the most important issues they face.
Education.org will catalyse a transformation in the way education sector leaders, starting in Africa, work with evidence, by increasing their commitment and capacity to put evidence at the centre of system-level decision making.
Goal 3
Lead a global movement to build an education knowledge bridge
Education.org will lead a global movement committed to building an Education Knowledge Bridge, by forging a network of individuals and partnering with organisations who share its commitment to evidence-informed policymaking.
Goal 1
Establish an evidence synthesis gold standard for education system leaders
Goal 2
Catalyse a transformation in the way education leaders work with evidence
Goal 3
Lead a global movement to build an education knowledge bridge
Education.org will pioneer and promote a new method of evidence synthesis specifically for leaders shaping decisions about education systems around the world; and provide syntheses and policy papers addressing the most important issues they face.
Education.org will catalyse a transformation in the way education sector leaders, starting in Africa, work with evidence, by increasing their commitment and capacity to put evidence at the centre of system-level decision making.
Education.org will lead a global movement committed to building an Education Knowledge Bridge, by forging a network of individuals and partnering with organisations who share its commitment to evidence-informed policymaking.
Our strategy 2023-2028
Our new Strategy 2023-2028, 'Ready for Lift off!', sets out our ambitions for the second phase of our organisational growth: in which we aim to build on the lessons we have learnt, further systematise our work, and invest in scaling up our activities to expand our impact.
Education.org aims to be a ‘constructive disruptor’, shaking up the status quo and challenging conventional thinking and approaches.